Health Sites

Healthgate
Provides access to 6 health related databases as well as articles and links related to health and wellness.

Medscape
The leading interactive, multi-specialty, health Web service for clinicians and consumers. You will find thousands of articles that are Web-enhanced for online browsing. Features include: The Web's largest collection of free, full-text, peer-reviewed clinical medicine articles. Medscape's articles are enhanced with: 1) Medscape's Clinical Discussion Forum; 2) Smart "hyper-keyword" searches; 3) Navigable article outline; 4)"Zoomable" graphics; 5) Annotated links to Internet resources; 6) Links to related specialty areas on Medscape; 7) Ability to search Medscape's database of full-text articles; 8) The world's only unrestricted free access to MEDLINE, AIDSLINE, & TOXLINE DrugSearch, providing easy searching of the National Drug Data File drug database from First DataBank; 9) Daily medical news Self-assessment features (PicTours®, Today's Question, Bug of the Month, and Interactive Case Challenges); 10) Continuing Medical Education resources; 11) Merriam Webster's Medical Dictionary online; 12) Free subscription to Medscape's MedPulse®, a weekly email newsletter which highlights what's new on Medscape. Access is free, but requires registration.

Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic is your source of reliable health information from Mayo Clinic. This site is directed by a team of Mayo physicians, scientists, writers and educators. The breadth and depth of Mayo's expertise allows the most up-to-date information on a wide variety of medical topics. Mayo Clinic Health O@sis is the only Web site that gives you access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 1,200 physicians and scientists at Mayo.

Achoo Online Healthcare Service
Includes a directory of over 6000 health care links and an online health magazine.

Medicinenet
A disease and drug database. Rxlist is a searchable list of perscription and over-the-counter-drugs and provides summaries of action, interactions, side affects, and overdose symptoms.

National Organization for Rare Diseases
Among the features of NORD's homepage are the Rare Disease Database and the Organizational Database. The Rare Disease Database has information on over 1,100 diseases. The Organizational Database contains information on foundations, organizations, agencies, and support groups that assist people affected by rare disorders.

Online Dictionary of Mental Health
Billed as Europe's largest mental health directory, the scope of this resource is global. The database includes information on concepts, disorders, theorists, and online articles.

APA HelpCenter: Warning Signs of Teen Violence
Informational site on teens and teen violence is mounted on the Internet by the American Psychological Association.

American Psychological Association HelpCenter
Suicide Prevention and Information Resources

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Suicide Information and Education Center

Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network

Suicide Awareness

The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource
Provides access to a 20,000 document library that's updated daily, with information categorized by: AIDS basics and prevention; Treatments; Conferences; Quality of Life issues; and Government advocacy. Includes a bulletin / forum area where people may post questions that AIDS specialists provide answers for, as well as other opportunities to connect with others. Current and back issues of the magazine POZ, which focuses on issues facing HIV positive persons, are available.

AIDS.ORG - Quality HIV/AIDS Treatment Information & Resources
AIDS / HIV resource directory with an emphasis on international news and issues. Includes current and archived issues of the BI-monthly publication AIDS Treatment News, current information on AIDS related public policy and treatment, conferences proceedings, and listings for upcoming conferences

Health Finder
A gateway consumer health information web site from the United States government. The official launch date for this site is healthfinder™ can lead you to selected online publications, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable health information for the public. The information you find can help you make better health choices for yourself and your family. Please remember that information alone can't take the place of health care you may need. Also, healthfinder™ does not control the content of the Internet sites or organizations listed

Nutrition Analysis Tool
An excellent tool for keeping track of your diet or looking up nutrition information on almost any food item. You can create a personalized nutritional analysis by entering your food and amounts, and gender and age. You then select which factors (calories, fats, vitamins, etc.) you want analyzed. The results are available either HTML table or printable text format. In addition, the advanced function will suggest foods appropriate to balancing your diet. When you first use this database turn on the Onscreen help and read the Helpful Hints

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association